FOCUS AREAS
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Consumer Services
services built on a special insight which the consumer is willing to pay for
02
Marketing & Sales
systems which help sell things faster and more profitably
03
Products
interesting products with functional competitive advantages
04
Sports & Health
consumer services focused on the fast growing wellness mega category
We look for...
INVESTMENT CRITERIA
We look for...
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Founders who are smart, flexible, relentless and can close a sale
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Clear differentiation within a broad competitive set
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An underlying consumer insight which is on-trend and growing
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A reasonable valuation for early stage investors
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Businesses with accelerating growth, solid unit economics, strong customer love and line of sight to profitability
One of the hardest things to do is to sell something to a buyer, so Boyle Ventures does not invest in pre-revenue companies. Check sizes outside of syndicates are between $25,000 and $75,000.
PORTFOLIO
EXITED
ABOUT TOM
I started Boyle Ventures in 2016 after early retirement from Coca-Cola.
I co-founded one startup – TradeOut.com (1998-2001) a B2B marketplace selling excess
inventory and idle assets. Although we raised $85 million, we ultimately sold the business.
The experience and learning motivated me to work with startups. Instead of being a founder again, I became an angel investor where I get to be inspired by and hopefully help
great founders with great ideas.
Obviously, creating profitable, scalable new businesses is inherently risky and incredibly hard.
So, I bring my experience in consumer products' innovation (Coke, Colgate and Heinz) to
improve the odds for success.
My focus areas with startups include:
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A little strategy (where to play)
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A lot of execution planning (how to win)
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New business development
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Profitable business model development with product/market fit
ADVISORY WORK
Boyle Ventures occasionally provides advisory work for companies, focused on business conceptualization, sales strategy, commercial operations and marketing. We will – however – focus most of our limited advisory work on the companies with whom we have invested.
Contact Tom to inquire on advisory opportunities.
CONTACT US
If you have an exciting early stage business which meets our criteria, please contact us: